Commitment is intended for us all in marriage. Sad but true. God did not intend for us to wander. He intended for us to love, honor, and cherish the one we chose when we said "I do". I think back to my vows and wonder if I really meant what I said. I took the standard vow and to this day I cannot remember what I said. I guess that is ok since my wife reminds me, quite often, what I promised. I am sure somewhere in my vows I must of said something along the lines of "my wife shall remind me of the things I am trying to forget and I will continue to forget the things I am trying to remember". Its all good. I am starting to cherish the fact that my wife has a better handle on my memory than I do.
Commitment is so cool. It took me 14 years of marriage to learn the secret. The secret was in the vows from the start. "Till Death Do Us Part" was what we all committed to. Simply understand that marriage is a life long commitment to another person. I love my wife and she loves me and I have only come to understand just how much through the arguing and difficult times. It was only THROUGH the trials have I come to understand how much she loves me. It was only by surviving the trials did I see the love. Had the draw to commitment not kept me close when the trouble came I would have missed out on the love I feel now. Its not all rosy but I can tell you when the time gets tough it is now much easier to cope with knowing that she is my wife who God has entrusted me to care for and lead. She is a part of me bound by marriage not to sever but to nourish.
I tell my wife, often, till death do us part. She says I am saying it in a bad way but I am not. I get upset about several things, I get mad, angry, I start blaming every body but me. I am the leader of this family, the buck stops here. I must be committed to the peace that is bound to exist under calm, cool, leadership. It is time to be committed to a loving wife and beautiful children. It is time to cherish marriage, set in place by God to be lead by men and guided by women.
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What can I say..... we've kidded each other about this, saying "till death do us part" we giggle a little bit and move on with whatever heated discussion brought the topic of divorce up and feel assured that we are going to make it thru this marriage thing.
But I want to honestly say that coming up on 16 years of marriage and 20 years of having you in my life, I am so glad that divorce is not going to be an option for us. As I have been mourning the passing of my father last summer I have thought often of the fact that he and my mother had just celebrated their 50th anniversary just months before he died. Till death do us part.....that's not such a bad thing. I would be honored to spend up to my very last breath being your wife!
Wow, we have had some amazing "to have and to hold" times ,the occasional "better or for worse" times, don't get me started on the whole "richer or for poorer" times, too much of the whole "sickness and in health" times, and we are just coming in to our own phase of the "to love and to cherish" part, but i will no longer laugh at the "till death do us part" in our vows. I will say it with genuine belief that God designed for us to be together during our time on this Earth. If He chose you for me then I can think of no one better and I will try to savor every blessed minute we have together!
I love you and I always will...till death do us part!!
Your wife, Sharon
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